A FILED State of South Carolina a Hike otment Faecatioe Bepartmen SECRETARY OF STATE Office of the Gobernor EXECUTIVE ORDER No. 2019-20 WHEREAS, a Grand Jury convened in Dillon County has retumed eleven separate indictments charging John Corey Jackson with Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, First Degree, in violation of section 16-15-395(A) ofthe South Carolina Code of Laws, as amended; and WHEREAS, John Corey Jackson was recently elected to the o'fice of Mayor of the City of Dillon, and he is anticipated to take and subscribe the requisite oath fr such office on or about May 30,2019; and WHEREAS, the Mayor of the City of Dillon is an officer of the State or its political subdivisions; and WHEREAS, article VI, section 8 ofthe South Carolina Constitution provides, in relevant part, that “falny officer ofthe State or is political subdivisions... who has been indicted by a sgrand jury fora crime involving moral turpitude... may be suspended by the Governor until he shall have been acquitted” and “{iJn case of conviction the office shall te declared vacant and the ‘vacancy filled as may be provided by law and WHEREAS, under South Carolina law, moral turpitude “implies something immoral in itself" State v Horton, 271 S.C. 413, 414, 248 S.E.2d 263, 263 (1978), and “involves an act of baseness, vileness, or depravity in the Social duties which a man owes this fellow man or society in general, contraty to the accepted and customary rule of right and duty between man and man,” ‘State v. Major, 301 S.C. 181, 186, 391 S.E.2d 235, 238 (1990); and WHEREAS, as a general rule “[sJexual offenses of virtually every kind and variety are -deemed crimes of moral turpitude,” 1994 S.C. Op. Att'y Gen, 64, 1994 WL. 199758 (1994), and WHEREAS, the aforementioned indictments charge John Corey Jackson with one or more “crime(s) involving moral turpitude” for purposes of article VI, section 8 of the South Carolina ‘Constitution,Executive Order No. 2019-20 Page 2 May 29, 2019 NOW, THEREFORE, by virtue ofthe authority vested in me as Governor ofthe State of South Carolina and pursuant to the Constitution and Laws of this State and the powers conferred ‘upon me therein, I hereby suspend John Corey Jackson from the office of Mayor of the City of Dillon, effective immediately upon him taking and subscribing the oath of office or otherwise attempting to exercise any authority as Mayor of the City of Dillon, whichever event occurs frst, and such suspension shall remain in effect until such time as he sll be formally acquited or convicted. This action in no manner addresses the guilt o innocence of John Corey Jackson and shall not be construed as an expression of any opinion on such question. GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AND THE GREAT SEAL OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, THIS 29th DAY OF MAY, 2019. Loon] Fa HENRY MCMASTER Governor ATTEST: Mk HAMMOND 2 Secretary of State